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Banking System Under Pressure

The Global banking system remains under heavy pressure as contagion risk and systemic stress persist. The collapse of SVB Financial, Signature Bank, and now Credit Suisse, have caused ripple effects around the globe. Follow this page to stay on top of this fast-evolving situation and to understand the impact on global banks and markets.

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European banks: After bank failures in the U.S., what’s next for the continent’s lenders?

Friday 24 March | 10:00 – 11:00 AM GMT

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank sparked concerns beyond the U.S. about lenders’ liquidity positions. It prompted a share selloff in Europe and accelerated the demise of Credit Suisse after its long struggle to return to profitability. Amid the market turmoil, how solid is Europe’s banking system?

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Fed readies another hike as inflation, bank sector concerns weigh on decision

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points on March 22 as it looks for ways to both fight persistently high inflation and mitigate the fallout from recent bank failures.

But even as a small increase is likely at the next meeting, the central bank's path forward has never been more uncertain since it began hiking rates a year ago.

The Fed has boosted the benchmark federal funds rate by 450 basis points since March 2022. Just two weeks ago, many forecasters believed it would accelerate its efforts and hike by 50 basis points as inflation remained well above its 2% target and the labor market refused to cool. Recent bank failures have changed all of that, causing some to suggest that the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee may pause its rate hike plans or even cut rates in the near future to calm markets.

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  • Liquidity, deposit concentration among regulatory targets after bank failures

    Regulators already have the tools they need to prevent the kind of turmoil that rocked the banking industry following a string of closures, but they must improve their supervision, according to several industry experts.

    After facing various headwinds like liquidity challenges and deposit runs, regulators recently closed SVB Financial Group's bank unit, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank. Those moves came just a few days after Silvergate Bank announced that it would liquidate itself. The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank shutdowns rank as the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history, respectively.

    In light of those failures, new questions are being asked about regulatory oversight of banks' liquidity and deposit mixes.



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  • Weighing Fed rate hikes against banks' liquidity crunch



    In this Street Talk podcast episode, S&P Global Market Intelligence's news team highlights interviews with investors, analysts and economists say that the Fed remains laser-focused on reducing inflation and the latest jobs report and consumer price index reading provide further support for additional tightening. Tune in here.

  • Get the data you need to detect warning signals and exposure in this fast-evolving situation



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Why failed Silicon Valley Bank was an outlier

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“Financial conditions” are closely watched by the Fed — and at the moment, very complicated

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